Question

Barry was assigned recently to a large team working on a major software release that was taking longer than expected. Barry and the other latecomers into the project spent a month partnered with a senior programmer who went over the project in detail with them and got them up to speed. Unfortunately, this training put the project even farther behind schedule. After a few months of working on the project with so many other programmers, Barry's work output becomes noticeably lower than it was before when he was working independently. Barry's reduced work output is most likely due to __.

Answer 1

Answer:

Social loafing

Explanation:

Social loafing

Social loafing- it is refer to that condition when any member of a team show lack of interest when he/she is working in team than working alone. It is refer to mindset that people are more often work carelessly when task are assigned for group, it happened because sometimes people think some other member from group will take care of the assigned task.